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Ozu is often perceived to be a uniquely Japanese director with a fascination for the domestic, but in fact he was a wide-ranging movie fan who started out aping US films and rarely had real experiences to parallel the lives of his protagonists, says this February 2010 feature.

Ando Momoko set as Tokyo IFF ambassador recreates scene from Ozu Yasujiro classic film.

The poster was designed as a visual tribute to Yasujirō Ozu’s 1952 film 'Tokyo Story.'

In our biggest ever poll in 2012, 846 critics, programmers and curators nominated ten best movies ever made – and the results gave us a new top film, ending the 50-year reign of Citizen Kane.